License holder



I 1,620,798. H. E. BUTLER LICENSE HOLDER March 1 5 1927.

- Filed Dec. l, 1926 Patented Mar. 15,1927.

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LICENSE HOLDER.

Application filed December 1 1928: Serial 510. $52 ,617.

In certain instances licenses such as are required by hunters andfishermen, for example, comprise a button provided with a pinjor othersuitable means by which the button is to be attached to the coat orother garment and alicense paper which is filled out with certainidentification data. The hunter or fisherman is required always to wearthe button and to carry the license paper whenever hunting or fishing,and if either is lost, a new license button and paper must be obtained.Often the license paper 18 lost or the person to whom it is issued failsto have it' along with him when hunting orfishing. And in any event, itmeans two things to carry and to look after when-- ever going fishin orhunting so as to make sure they are being taken along.

. The ob ect of my lnventlon is to provide an improved holderlfor abutton and li-; cense paper, and for a consideration of what.

I believe to be novel and my invention, attention is directed to thefollowing specification and the claims appended thereto.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a front perspective View of a holder embodyingmy invention: Fig. 2 is a perspective view looking from the rear; Fig. 3is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing thebutton in place in the holder;Fig. 4; is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the license paper in theholder; Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the holder, and Fig. 6 isa. view of a modification.

Referring to the drawing, the holder comprises a structure having on itsfront side means for clamping a button and on its rear side meansforming a pocket for holding a license paper, the arrangement being suchthat the usual pin or other fastening means which forms a part of thebutton is utilized for attaching the holder to a garment of the wearer.In Figs. 1 to 5, the button clamping means comprises a plurality ofcircumferentially spaced curved spring fingers 7 which project forwardlyfrom a front wall 8 and are adapted to clamp over the edge of the buttonas is shown clearly in Figs. 3 and 4 wherein 9 indicates a hunting andfishing license button having an attaching pin 10 on its back by meansof which it is to be attached to a garment. The upper portion of frontwall 8 is provided with an opening 11 from the lower edge of whichproject two angularly extending fingers 12.

As will be seen from Fig: 41;fingers 1:2 lie just. beneath pin '10 andcooperate with the pin toke'ep' the holder and button from turning;relatively to each other.

I 13 indicatesa back wall which cooperates with front wall-8 and twoside walls 14 to form a pocket 15 adapted to receive a license paper.The licensepaper with advantage may be placed in a water proof,

envelope and inserted into the pocket as is indicated at 16. p

In the use of the holder, the license button is placed within the springfingers 7 as is shown in Figs. 3 and 4 with the pin 10 ex tendingtransversely across the holder just aboveflfingers 12. The license paperis placed in the envelope, if one is to be used,- and then" insertedinto pocket 15 The holder is then pinned to a garment of the personcarrying the license. When pinned in position, itwill be seen that thebutton serves to maintain. the holder securely in position so it cannotbecome detached. The license paper is held in the pocket at the rear ofthe holder where it is well protected and where it .is not likely to belost out of the pocket.

By the use of the holder, the hunter, fisherman, or the like is assuredof having both his button and his license paper along'with him if'he haseither for they will always be together.

Referring now to the construction of the holder, it will be seen that itis simple in structure so that it is capable of being manufactured atlow cost. It lends itself to" being manufactured from a single piece ofmaterial since the front wall, the back wall, the side walls, and thefingers may be and preferably are formed integral with the holder." Thisserves to simplify the manufacture of the holder;

In Fig. 6 I have shown a modification wherein the holding means forreceiving the pin is in the form of a threaded shell 17 into which thebutton screws, there being a ledge 18 at the bottom of the shell whichforms a stop for the button. Otherwise the arrangement is the same asthat of Figs. 1 to 5.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is

1. A holder for a license or the like comprising a button having meansfor attaching it to a garment and a paper, said holder comprising a wallhaving an opening, means carried by the wall for supporting a buttonwith its attaching means exposed through said opening, and means whichforms with said wall a pocket for holding a paper.

2. A holder for a licenseor the like comprising a button having meansfor attaching it to a garment and a paper, said holder comprising a Wallhaving an opening, spring fingers on the Wall for supporting a buttonwith its attaching means exposed through said opening, and means whichforms with said Wall a pocket for holding a paper.

3. A holder of the character described, said holder being formed from asingle piece of sheet material and comprising a Wall having an openingtherein, means projecting forwardly from said Wall around said openingto form a holding meansrfo-r a button, and walls integral with saidfirst named wall and providing a pocket at the back of the holderadapted to receive a paper.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day ofNovember, 1926.

HENRY E. BUTLER.

